Are you able to watch "top -d 1" for example to try and catch if there are any processes running at the same time as the drops (you may need more fingers :))?
On 5/24/05, Bart King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Over the last three weeks or so, myself and all our regular players, have > been observing curious - and seemingly random - lag spikes on our public > CS:S 64 player server. > > Now, before we draw into question the hardware required for a 64 player > server, the machine is an Opteron, with a gig of memory and super fast > drives, network cards and all that jazz. > > Also, another line of enquiry would be my backbone provider. As a test for > this, we re-routed the server to a completely different provider (albeit in > the same building, but we're talking Redbus in London, one of the largest > data centres in the UK). After 24 hours, I am still seeing the random lag > spikes. > > Thus, this brings into question whether or not it is the software. The > machine is running a no-thrills Debian Linux installation, boa (a lean HTTP > server for sv_downloadurl) and one srcds. > > So, is it srcds? I bound 'rcon stats' to a key and kept hammering it so > it'd build up a good sample of data. Here is what I saw when a lag spike > occurred: > > CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players > 63.00 93469.63 275140.50 725 23 10.00 52 > CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players > 71.33 100367.20 228182.03 725 23 31.25 52 > CPU In Out Uptime Users FPS Players > 75.50 101542.27 254584.66 725 23 166.86 52 > > 10 frames a second? That is very low... 166 is about normal. This was on > de_chateau, but similar things also happen on cs_office, as well as some > custom maps. > > Has anyone else experienced this? I question if it was srcds because it > seemed to start happening since 1.0.0.18... > > Cheers, > -- > Bart King -- http://www.bart666.com > +44 781 219 5654 -- PGP: 0xC9C3EB8B > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
